Gaming-Based Tele-Exercise Delivered Into the Home for Prefrail Older Adults: A Feasibility Randomized Trial

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who work with community-dwelling older adults, fall-risk populations, or telehealth-delivered exercise programs.

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants in outpatient, home health, community wellness and telehealth settings who see older adults with early frailty and fall risk.

Intended audience

Physical Therapy

Level

Introductory

Delivery format

Online, asynchronous, self-paced course: interactive reading with audio or video, and a scored post-test.

Based on

Kannan L, Sahu U, Subramaniam S, Mehta N, Kaur T, Hughes S, Bhatt T. Gaming-Based Tele-Exercise Program to Improve Physical Function in Frail Older Adults: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2024;26:e56810. doi:10.2196/56810. PMID: 39602215; PMCID: PMC11635319.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04534686.

This course reports only what this single pilot randomized controlled trial investigated, found and concluded. It does not add recommendations beyond the source.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the population, the two tele-delivered programs and the outcomes compared in this pilot randomized controlled trial of gaming-based tele-exercise for prefrail older adults.
2. State the trial's main feasibility and physical function findings, including which measures improved in the gaming group and which changed in both groups.
3. Explain the limitations the authors identified and the conclusions they drew about what this pilot does and does not establish.

1. Start Here: How This Course Works
2. Podcast: Gaming-Based Tele-Exercise Into the Home (about eight minutes)
3. Prefrailty, Fall Risk and the Case for Exercise Delivered by Screen
4. Inside the Trial: Who Took Part and What Each Group Did
5. What the Tele-Assessments Showed After Six Weeks
6. Attendance, Dropout and the Limits of a Pilot
7. What This Pilot Could Mean for Telehealth Practice
8. Key Takeaways
9. Post-Test and Course Evaluation

Quinn Millington, PT, DPT, ECS is the instructor of record: the licensed clinician who reviewed this course and signed off on it. The name and credentials print on the certificate.

Disclosures. This course was developed by The ConEd Solution, which has a financial interest in its sale. No outside funding or sponsorship was received. The instructor of record has no affiliation with the authors of the source publication or their institutions.

This course awards 0.5 contact hours (30 min). How you earn them:

1. Complete the course. Every lesson, in order.
2. Pass the post-test. Score 80% or higher. Retakes are allowed.
3. Complete the evaluation. A short form rating each learning objective and the course.
4. Download your certificate. It is issued on completion and stays available in My Account.

The episode time is its measured length. Reading, post-test and evaluation times are estimates.

This course is designed to satisfy the quality requirements state boards set for continuing education. Requirements vary by state, and confirming that a course fits your renewal is up to you. Each state’s own acceptance statement is in the credit panel on this page.

1. Kannan L, Sahu U, Subramaniam S, Mehta N, Kaur T, Hughes S, Bhatt T. Gaming-Based Tele-Exercise Program to Improve Physical Function in Frail Older Adults: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2024;26:e56810. doi:10.2196/56810. PMID: 39602215; PMCID: PMC11635319.
2. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04534686.
3. This course reports only what this single pilot randomized controlled trial investigated, found and concluded. It does not add recommendations beyond the source.